Category: Business

Amira Abayas are offering a fantastic Easter weekend bumper sale where customers can buy one costume and get the other FREE! Since opening the store in January last year, Amira Abayas has become the talk of the town and has attracted customers from all over the country. Regardless of faith and background, Abayas have been purchased by women from all cultures. With an eclectic array of Abayas, Joobas (men’s equivalent) fragrances and Burkinis (one-piece swimsuits that cover up almost all of your skin when swimming), Amira has now built a…

Meet the Singh’s, owners of the only Asian operated stone quarry in England. Sarjit Singh Dulay is one of many success stories in Bradford of south Asian’s migrating to England in the 50’s and 60’s. Through sheer grit and determination, and spending much of his early life living and growing up in the streets of Barkerand and eventually moving to Shipley, Dulay and his family sowed their seeds in Bradford for a future for themselves and their children. After over half a century of arriving in England from India, the…

Last month, Urban Echo featured the inspirational story ’50 Years Of Excellence’ celebrating the extraordinary journey of success by one of Bradford’s most iconic eateries, Sweet Centre. The feature received much response and feedback as Urban Echo was the first publication within the West Yorkshire region to feature the story. As well as going viral on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, ’50 Years of Excellence’ became the talk of the town and inspired many residents locally as well as nationally to pursue their dreams with hard…

By Paul Lancaster – Blacks Solicitors The Cohabitation Rights Bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 12 December 2014 and has now passed through to the Committee Stage. The news was welcomed by many supporters who have long campaigned for this area of law to be updated in order to reflect the standards of a modern society. Given that more couples are living together than ever before, the Bill is designed to address the current unfairness in the law in relation to unmarried couples’ rights on…

An enterprising pair from Bradford have launched a new hyper-local app which gives access to exclusive offers from local businesses. George Filippis and Stavros Violaris created Appareo as a way for small businesses to connect with consumers without massive overheads. Appareo means “to make something visible” in Latin, which the business partners thought summed up the idea of making small and medium businesses more visible to consumers. The app, which is available in all mobile formats, has already been downloaded 1,000 times since its launch just a few weeks ago…

Bradford Live have been given the all-clear by Bradford Council to restore the old Odeon building into a state-of-the-art live entertainment venue. Bradford Live, led by local businessman Lee Craven, have been in regular talks with Bradford Council for many months with regular updates regarding the plans. Estimated to cost £18 million, the new venue is scheduled to open early 2018 and hopes to attract the elite of world music performers. With the Westfield project on course to open in December 2015, these are very interesting times for Bradford.

By David Ward, Blacks Solicitors The long anticipated Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) judgment in the conjoined cases of Bear Scotland Limited v Fulton, Hertel (UK) Limited v Wood & Others andAmec Group v Law & Others has been delivered recently. The Judgment The EAT has now ruled that ‘non-guaranteed’ overtime should be taken into account when calculating a worker’s entitlement to holiday pay because workers are entitled to be paid their ‘normal remuneration’ whilst taking holiday. This means that workers are now entitled to receive average pay (taking into account…

After decades of decay and decline, Bradford’s City Centre seems to be on its path to recovery. The recent reports in the national media suggest some sympathy and leniency in depicting the district. Bradford’s image was badly bruised and brutalised after the two riots. The city, invariably, was portrayed as a very dangerous place to live and to invest by some sections of the media. Sadly, since then, all the successive national governments treated Bradford with indifference and obliviousness. The local governments also miserably suffered from feckless leadership and unimaginative,…

BLACK BULL For many of us British folk residing in the north, who have throughout our lives become accustomed to the grey skies, dark nights and above average seasonal rainfall year in year out, we can only dream of moving to a warmer and sunnier climate, somewhere more exotic and serene in the world. If one had the choice, where would you move if money was not an option? New York, Mumbai, Sydney, or maybe the west coast of the USA? How about Washington D.C, the capital the United States…